Twin foetuses in an Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) stranded on the coast of Scotland, UK

The present study is the first record of twinning in Lagenorhynchus acutus and indeed any Lagenorhynchus sp. Both foetuses were male and located in the left uterine horn, had distinct grossly normal placentas and amniotic sacs, and were therefore likely dizygotic twins. The twins were an incidental...

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Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2016-06, Vol.96 (4), p.841-844
Main Authors: Davison, Nicholas J., Ten Doeschate, Mariel T. I., Dagleish, Mark P., Read, Fiona L., Reid, Robert J., Foster, Geoffrey, Brownlow, Andrew, Barley, Jason
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscesses
Brucella
Cetacea
Conjoined twins
Dolphins & porpoises
Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Marine
Ovaries
Ovulation
Pregnancy
Spleen
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Summary:The present study is the first record of twinning in Lagenorhynchus acutus and indeed any Lagenorhynchus sp. Both foetuses were male and located in the left uterine horn, had distinct grossly normal placentas and amniotic sacs, and were therefore likely dizygotic twins. The twins were an incidental finding in an animal that died of a systemic Brucella ceti infection.
ISSN:0025-3154
1469-7769
DOI:10.1017/S0025315415002246